Do you think that perhaps it might be Nintendo's safe way of returning to the VR market?

It will be a small tablet-like device with detachable controllers. Since it's Nintendo, you know there will be gyro sensors in the thing. All they need is a google cardboard like headset. Mind you I'm not fond of VR, but if this is the case it might be a smart move. The other consoles require a 600 dollar add-on to do vr, but with the NX it might be possible with an inexpensive hunk of plastic like the wii zapper. Also if it fails and VR remains a fad, Nintendo hasn't really lost any money over it..... don't sell the headset shell anymore and return to making traditional games on the device.